Forge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Cottage.

Forge Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-floor-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1966
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BIRSTALL

SK 50 NE CHURCH HILL (South Side)

5/39 No. 1 (Forge Cottage)

1.6.66

GV II

Cottage, probably early C16. Timber framed, now with brick infill, thatched roof. l½ storeys and 6 bays of large timbered panels, with sill on a high rubble plinth. The central 3 bays have no middle rail, suggesting a possible former open hall. Some arch braces. 2 bays to the right which are of less width and 1 to left have a middle rail. The doorway is in the 3rd bay from the right, with a stack behind it. In each of the other bays, a 2-light casement window with cambered brick head. In the right hand bay, the plinth is interrupted suggesting a former doorway. 3 catslide dormers above. In the gable wall, the framing is in square panels with arch braces, and in the gable itself, 2 inclined struts above the tie beam, one each side of a small window.

Listing NGR: SK5954208824

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